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December 9, 1935

On December 9, 1935, student protests occur in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and are subsequently dispersed by government authorities. Dudley Moore, Harry Crews, Dudley Moore would arrive in the same year.

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1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1935th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 935th year of the 2nd millennium, the 35th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1930s decade.

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On December 9, 1935

  1. 1935 Student protests occur in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and are subsequently dispersed by government authorities.

    1935 student protest against Japanese aggression in Beijing, Republic-era China

    The December 9th Movement was a mass protest led by students in Beiping on December 9, 1935, to demand that the Chinese government actively resist Japanese aggression.

  2. 1935 Walter Liggett, an American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.

    American journalist

    Walter William Liggett, was an American journalist who worked at several newspapers in New York City, including the New York Times, The Sun, New York Post, and the New York Daily News. In the Twin Cities during the 1930s, Liggett worked as an investigative journalist and editor of the newspaper Midwest American. He specialized in exposés of Minneapolis and Saint Paul organized crime and their connections to corrupt politicians.

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Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)
Dudley Moore 1935– English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Harry Crews 1935– American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)

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